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Prior to his arrest, Gandhi took to Twitter saying, "Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh government are doing their best to prevent me from entering MP and meeting the families of the farmers killed in Mandsaur ". BJP National Vice President Prabhat Jha said entire party stands with the families of those farmers who have been killed in firing incident in Mandsaur . (more...)

This took the form of a blockade where the farmers decided not to allow vegetables and milk to reach the cities with a "let us see how they can manage without us". Ujjain Range Inspector General of Police V Madhukumar, who is camping in Mandsaur , said, "I have also come to know that something happened with the collector". (more...)

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats refuses to publicly discuss private conversations he's had with President Donald Trump. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein , the second-ranking official at the Department of Justice who signed a letter recommending Comey's dismissal, also testified on Wednesday, as did acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who took over after Comey was sacked. (more...)

The Raqqa assault overlaps with the final stages of the USA -backed attack to recapture Islamic State's capital in Iraq, the city of Mosul . US -backed fighters gained ground against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) in the streets of Raqqa on June 7, a day after their months-long offensive finally broke into the jihadists' Syrian bastion. (more...)

Sykes, who was among the moderate Republican lawmakers to vote to override Brownback's veto , said she thought she had no choice but to push for a change. "He still believes in this", Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, an Overland Park Republican, said about Brownback and the tax cuts. Brownback's remaining legislative allies argued that Kansas has done little to control its spending - a point many Democrats and GOP moderates disputed. (more...)

Officials in the Gulf say the comments marked a turning point, prompting Saudi Arabia , Egypt , Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to cut relations with Qatar in the biggest diplomatic shock in the region for years. The group issuing sanctions on Doha "is clearly the imposition of guardianship over Qatar, which is in itself a violation of its sovereignty, and is rejected outright", the statement said. (more...)

Some argue that these reports indicate Trump may have committed obstruction of justice when he asked Comey to end the Russian Federation investigation. Comey said the president told him, "I need loyalty" and "I expect loyalty" during the dinner. He said he was considering ordering me to investigate the alleged incident to prove it didn't happen. (more...)

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, however, pledged over the weekend at a major security forum in Singapore that the United States will "increase diplomatic and economic pressure until Pyongyang finally and permanently abandons its nuclear and missile programs". (more...)

The Arab states accuse Qatar of supporting extremism, a charge Doha firmly denies. "The President underscored that a united Gulf Cooperation Council is critical to defeating terrorism and promoting regional stability", the document said. (more...)

I have said earlier that the farmers may have died in police firing. Gandhi was also accompanied by PCC Rajasthan chief Sachin Pilot and other party leaders, including Digvijay Singh , Girija Vyas, Kamalnath. "So the average debt of every citizen of Madhya Pradesh was Rs 13,853 as of March 31, 2016", the report quoted state finance minister Jayant Malaiya as saying. (more...)

The minister did not specify what he wanted from Qatar, saying that "a number of steps can be taken, they know it". The U.S. military began moving into Al Udeid not long after the September 11 terrorist attacks when Saudi Arabia asked the Americans to leave. (more...)

That word came one day before the Federal Bureau of Investigation director that Trump fired last month, James Comey , was to testify in public on Capitol Hill for the first time since that dismissal. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., said. Wray most recently represented Christie during the fallout of a scandal in which the governor's allies were ultimately found guilty of engineering lane closures at the George Washington Bridge in 2013 in retaliation against a Democratic mayor. (more...)

Your lives must be so boring". He also suggested the hackers could be anywhere and were not necessarily Russian. But I'm not sure viewers learned much that was new. "That sums up my entire acquaintance with Mr. Flynn", he concluded. Putin denied knowledge of any meetings between Trump campaign officials and members of the Russian government, noting that he doesn't have time to meet with every ambassador every day. (more...)

Reality Winner , the government contractor accused of leaking a secret NSA report to the media, plans to enter a plea of not guilty, her lawyer Titus Nichols tells NPR. Victor remains in jail pending a detention hearing later this week, said the lawyer, adding that he expects the government will seek to keep her behind bars pending trial. (more...)

What Comey statement says: "The President said , 'I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.' I didn't move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed". Sessions "did not reply". "He asked what we could do to 'lift the cloud '". About two weeks later, Comey said, Trump called and asked what was being done to underscore that he himself was not under investigation. (more...)

Federal agents reviewed the material provided by the news outlet and determined that it appears to be folded or creased, suggesting it had been printed out and carried out by hand out of a secure space, according to the FBI. The emails packed malware into Microsoft Word documents and were forged to give the appearance of being sent by the system vendor, VR Systems of Tallahassee, Florida. (more...)

CNN reported on Tuesday that USA intelligence officials believe Russian hackers planted a false news story that led Saudi Arabia and several allies to sever relations with Qatar. Qatar has repeatedly denied those charges. They accused the tiny Gulf state of harbouring extremist groups and suggested Qatari support for Saudi's regional arch-rival Iran. (more...)

The testimony from Comey, who was sacked by Trump last month, puts more pressure on the Republican whose presidency has been overshadowed by allegations that Moscow helped him win last year's election. Looks like Christmas is coming early for Democrats , if James Comey's testimony goes the way they think it will go. What we had not known until now is that Trump pressed again, saying "That's what I need, honest loyalty". (more...)

Gunmen and suicide bombers, acting nearly simultaneously, attacked Iran's parliament and a shrine to the revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini in the first attacks in the country claimed by the so-called Islamic State group. The rift was over comments allegedly made by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Al Hamad Al Thani hailing Iran as an "Islamic power" and criticizing Trump's policy toward Tehran . (more...)

US President Trump offered his deepest condolences for the victims to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in a phone call, "underscoring the barbaric nature of the terrorist who are enemies of all civilized peoples", according to a statement by the White House. (more...)